Zechariah 3:1-9 - New International Version (NIV)
1 Then he
showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at
his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord
rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who
has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from
the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the
angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him,
“Take off his filthy clothes.”
Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I
will put fine garments on you.”
5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean
turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.
6 The angel of the Lord
gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in
obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and
have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing
here.
8 “‘Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated
before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my
servant, the Branch. 9 See, the stone I have set in front of
Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave
an inscription on it,’ says the Lord
Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.
Why was Satan
standing at Joshua’s right side (verse 1)?
In your
opinion, how is Joshua “a burning stick snatched from the fire” (verse 2)?
How was Joshua
dressed (verse 3)?
What was taken
away from Joshua (verse 4)?
Who said “put
a clean turban on his head” (verse 5)?
What did the “angel
of the Lord” give to Joshua (verse 6)?
What would
happen if Joshua walked in obedience and kept God’s requirements (verse 7)?
In your
opinion, how are Joshua and his associates “symbolic of things to come” (verse
8)?
What will the
Lord remove in a single day (verse 9)?
In your
opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
Mark 1:21-28 - New
International Version (NIV)
21 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into
the synagogue and began to teach. 22 The people were amazed at
his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the
teachers of the law. 23 Just then a man in their synagogue who
was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, 24 “What do you
want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you
are—the Holy One of God!”
25 “Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” 26 The
impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
27 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is
this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits
and they obey him.” 28 News about him spread quickly over the
whole region of Galilee.
When did Jesus
go into the synagogue and begin to teach (verse 21)?
Why were the
people amazed at His teaching (verse 22)?
How was the
man in the synagogue possessed (verse 23)?
In your
opinion, how did the man know that Jesus was “the Holy One of God” (verse
24)?
What did Jesus
order the impure spirit to do (verse 25)?
How did the
people react (verse 26)?
Where did news
about Jesus go (verse 27)?
In your opinion, how are Joshua in Zechariah
3:1-9 and Jesus in Mark 1:21-28 similar?
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus
the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law
of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do
because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in
order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who
do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what
the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their
minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by
the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The
mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law,
nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh
cannot please God.
9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the
realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone
does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. 10 But
if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of
sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
Where is there “now
no condemnation” (verse 1)?
What sets us free “from
the law of sin and death” (verse 2)?
Why was the law powerless (verse 3)?
What did God send “his own Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh” to be (verse 3)?
Who fully meets the “righteous requirements of the law”
(verse 4)?
What do those who “live in accordance wht the Spirit” have
their minds set on (verse 5)?
In your opinion, how is the mind that is governed by the
Spirit “life and peace” (verse 6)?
What can the mind that is governed by the flesh not do
(verse 7)?
Who cannot please God (verse 8)?
Who does not belong to the realm of the Spirit (verse
9)?
Why does the Spirit give life to those who Christ is in
(verse 10)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, how is the removing of the filthy clothes from
Joshua in Zechariah 3:1-10 and the righteous requirement of the law being met
for those who the Spirit of God lives in in Romans 8:1-10 similar?
In your
opinion, how are one who is free of condemnation because they are in Christ
Jesus as in Romans 8:1-10 and the man whom Jesus casts the impure spirit out of
in Mark 1:21-28 similar? How are they different?
1 Peter 5:6-11 – New International Version (NIV)
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may
lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because
he cares for you.
8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around
like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist
him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers
throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in
Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and
make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11 To him be the power for
ever and ever. Amen.
Why does Peter say we should humble ourselves “under
God’s mighty hand” (verse 6)?
What should we
cast on God because He cares for us (verse 7)?
Who “prowls
around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (verse 8)?
What is “the
family of believers throughout the world” undergoing (verse 9)?
In your
opinion, why does Peter say God is “the God of all grace” (verse 10)?
Where does “the
God of all grace” call us (verse 10)?
Who does Peter
pray will have “power for ever and ever” (verse 11)?
In your
opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your
opinion, how does what Satan wanted to do to Joshua in Zechariah 3:1-9 and what
the “roaring lion” in 1 Peter 5:6-11 wants to accomplish similar?
In
your opinion, how are
the casting out of the impure spirit in Mark 1:21-28 and the restoration of the
believer in 1 Peter 5:6-11 different?
How are they similar?
In your
opinion, what does 1 Peter 5:6-11 show us about the challenges that those who
Romans 8:1-10 say now have no condemnation will still have?
In your
opinion, what do these passages from Zechariah, Mark, Romans and 1 Peter teach
us about God’s power, authority and plan?
In your
opinion, how should we react to the “God of grace” today?
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